Hair net



Dec. 19, 1939. s, HENRY 2,183,963

HAIR NET Filed March 7, 1939y I N VEN TOR. SAQ/Vey /E/VE Y TTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. I9, 1939 2,183,953- yHAIRI N Er Sidney I'Iienry, NewlYork,N. Y.

- Application March 7,

6 Claims.

In hair nets of known construction, various types of draw strings orbands have been employed for gathering the net snugly about the head,after having been adjusted thereon. One such type embodies the use oftwo separate draw strings, the attached ends of which are secured toopposite side portions of the net and then either interwoven with themesh of the net forming the rear lower edge, or extended through a seamalong said edge, with thel free end of each string or band dependingfrom the side portion of the net opposite that to which the other end isVsecured so that the two free ends may be gathered and tied, eitherunder the chin or at the back of the neck.

In accordance with the present invention, it is proposed to simplify thesecuring means of nets of the above mentioned type and, at the sametime, provide a practical and eiiicient means of gathering the marginaledge of the net about the head. To this end, use is made of a singledraw string or band which may be either interwoven with the meshconstituting the marginal edge of the net, or passed through seamsattached to the marginal portion of said net at the back thereof.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, some of which, for purposes of illustration, areshown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

i Figure 1 is a perspective View showing a hair net made in accordancewith the present inven` tion and applied to the head.Y

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan View of a portion of a net, such as thelower rear section thereof, and illustrating the manner in which thesingle draw string is interwoven with the mesh of the net, and,

Figure 3 is a sectional perspective View showing a diierent form of theinvention.

Referring more particularly to Figures 1 and 2, the numeral 4 indicatesthe body portion of a.l

hair net of any conventional or desired construction, and provided withthe marginal band 5 usually formed on'nets of this character to enhancethe ornamental appearance thereof. This band is also of meshformationbut usually of a dinerent type of mesh than the body portion ofthe net. y

In accordance with the presentinvention, a single draw string or `ribbonis employed as the securing means for gathering the end snugly 1939,'Serial No. 260,308

about the head after it has been adjusted thereon. In the drawing, thissecuring means is shown as a string which is adapted to be interwovenwith the mesh of the band 5 with two ends of substantially equal lengthprojecting from the 5 ends of a portion of the band so'that the person`wearing the net may grasp said ends and by pulling thereon gather themarginal edge of the vnet snugly about thel head. In order that the drawstring will have the eiect of gathering the 10 material ofthe 'net whenthe ends of the string are pulled, the intermediate portion 6 of saidstring is rst interwoven with the mesh of the band 5, after which therighthand end of said portion 6, as viewed in Figure 2, is looped about15 one of the strands of the mesh. The portion 'I of the string is thenpassed back and forth between the mesh of the band 5 Yin the lefthandkdirection, with the end 8 of the string pro- 1 jecting from the mesh sothat the said end may 20 be grasped to pull upon the same.

The other intermediate portion 9 of the string is formed by looping thelefthand end of the portion 6 and then interweaving said portion` 9through the mesh of said band 5 -until the Iirst named loop at therighthand end of the portion 6 is reached. The remaining end I0 of thestring is then projected from the band 5 to form the other tying end ofthe securing means.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure .3, the lower rear portionof the body of the net is indicated at II and to this portion there issecured, by stitching'crotherwise, two strips of fabric I2 and I3 whichmay be of any suitable material. These strips are sitched together atspaced intervals longitudinally thereof to form parallel seams I4 whichare open-ended. Following the same procedure as described in connectionwith Figure 2, the draw string I5 may be first passed through theintermediate seam I4, after which the remaining portions of the stringare looped and extended through the upper and lower seams in oppositedirections, the string being of suicient length so that the extremitiesthereof will projectbeyond the ends of the seams to provide tying ends,as in Figure 2. vWhat is claimed is: Y'

l. A hair net comprising a body portion hav- `ing a marginal edgeprovided with means through which a draw string may be extended, and asingle draw stringhaving its intermediate portion passing back and forthvthrough said means withv the ends of said 'string depending :freelyfrom said edge at substantially opposite points thereof.

2. A hair 'net comprising a body portion having a marginal edge of meshformation, and a single draw string having its intermediate portioninterwoven With the mesh of said edge by passing said portion back andforth along the same, the free edge of said string extending from saidedge and forming a tying means.

3. A hair net comprising a body portion having a mesh formation aroundits marginal edge, and a draw string extending from adjacent one endthereof into an end of a portion of said mesh and interwoven therewithin one direction to the opposite end of said portion, the string beingthen looped and returned in the opposite direction through the mesh tothe rst named end of said portion, and there looped again and extendedthrough the mesh in the rst named direction, the other end of saidstring projecting from the mesh at said opposite end of the mesh portionand combining with the first named end of the string to provide a tyingmeans. A

4. A hair net comprising a body portion, a plurality of seams securedalong a marginal edge of said body portion, and a draw string extendedsuccessively back and forth through said seams With the ends of saidstring projecting from opposite ends of said seams.

5. A hair net comprising a body, and a single draw string extended `backand forth through a portion of said body and unattached thereto, withthe ends of said string extending freely from A.said body at spacedpoints. y

6. A hair net comprising a body, and a single v draw string extendedloosely back and forth through only a portion of the marginal edge ofsaid body with the ends of said string projecting freely from the endsof said portion.

SlDNEY HENRY.

